St.

Louis Blues W. C. Handy

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I hate to see de ev' nin' sun go down

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Been to d Gyp sy to ge ma for tune tole

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You orght to see dat stove pipe brown of mine

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hate to see de ev' nin' sun go down.

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to de Gyp sy done go ma for tune tole.

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lak he owns de Di mon Jos eph line.

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Cause my bab by he done lef dis town

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Cause I'm most wile 'bout m Jel ly Roll

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He's make a cross eyed o' man go stone blind

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feel in' to mor row like Ah feel to day

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Gyp sy done tole me, "don't you wear no black"

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Blak er than mid night teeth lak flags of truce

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feel to mor row lak Ah feel to day

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yes she done tole me "don't you wear no black"

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black est man in de whole St. Louis

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I'll pack my trunk make ma get a way St. Lou is

go to St. Lou is you can win him back help me to
black er de ber ry sweet er is the juice a bout a

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wom an wid her dia mon' rings pulls dat
Cai ro make st. Louis by ma self git to
crap game he knows a pow' ful lot but when

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man roun' by her a pron strings. 'twant for
Cai ro find ma old friend Jeff, gwine to
work time comes he's on de dot gwine to

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pow der an' for store bought hair de
pin ma self close to his side if A
ask him for a cold ten spot what it

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man I love would not gone no where Got de
flag his train I sho' can ride. I
takes to get it he's cer t'n ly got. A

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St. Lou is Blues jes as blue as Ah can be dat

loves dat man tak a school boy loves his pie tak a
black head ed gal make a freight tran jump the track said a

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man got a heart lak a rook cast in the sea or

Ken tuck y Col' nel loves his mint an' rye I''
black head ed gal make a freight train jump the track but a

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else he would n't have gone so far from me
love ma ba by till the day Ah die.
read head wom an makes a preach er ball the Jack.